The famous Sri Lankan athlete who set national records in the sport of ‘pole vault’ is now forced to work as a domestic worker in Dubai.
According to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) media, since last year, 24-year-old Sachini Perera gave up her sporting dreams to deal with the ongoing currency crisis in the country and the medical expenses of her ailing mother.
She has been working as a maid in Dubai for more than a year, she said in her first interview, ‘It seems like this is my world’.
Sachini is hopeful that step by step her condition will improve, she says that she will continue to work and one day will be back on the playing field again.
She takes care of a child as a housemaid and also does other household chores.
Sachini also follows a training schedule in Dubai, she works out after work.
When UAE media told Sri Lankan Consul General in Dubai, Alexey Gunaskara, about Sachini, he said that they are trying to find a sports-related job for Sachini in the UAE.
The Sri Lankan Consul General arranged for Sachini to meet with sports officials on Wednesday.
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